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Court: Deutsche Telekom Must Sell iPhone Minus Contract

Posted Nov 21, 07 2:49 CST in Technology,  Business 

(Newser) – Deutsche Telekom can't force customers to buy a phone contract from them if they buy an iPhone in Germany, says a German court decision in a suit brought by rival carrier Vodafone, reports the Financial Times. DT says they will start offering the phones without a contract immediately, but they will still cost 600 Euros less if the buyer signs up.

Deutsche Telekom also says that they will appeal the decision. “We are confident that courts will back us. We had this assessed by our lawyers beforehand,” says a spokesman. The iPhone will go on sale in France next Thursday, but laws there already prohibited Apple from making an exclusive deal with any one carrier.

Source Financial Times (UK)

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Chief of Vodafone Germany Friedrich Joussen talks to the media at a press conference in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)   (Associated Press)
A customer tries out an Apple iPhone at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Oct. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
Cologne's citizen Johannes Krause , proudly presents the first Apple iPhone after the European wide sales start in Cologne, western Germany, in the night from Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, to Friday Nov. 9,...   (Associated Press)
People enter the T-Mobile shop to buy the first Apple iPhone after the European wide sales start in Cologne, western Germany, in the night from Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, to Friday Nov. 9, 2007. About 200...   (Associated Press)
German Telekom CEO, Rene Obermann, left, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs show iPhones after they announce the long-awaited start of iPhone for the German market on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Markus...   (Associated Press)
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